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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. IsS-.
Editorial Notes.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, TS~-.
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Editorial Notes.
The action Of the [. s.. senate IN
passing a liberal appropriation h.I
for coas; doionses Is move ia the
right direction. A. We reuarl,ed u
Gently, better f5r.ify well before We
talk too big.
A newspaper that i NOT IN advance
OF public sentiment on all progrcz
sive measures Is unworthy OF q name
and place in town that azpirss to
grow. There may lie pokev towns
where such journals would he in
keeping with destiny; bat such towns
are not usually found in the west.
Nothing risked, nothing gained"
is as true OF towns as OF individuals.
The business man who IS afraid to
venture had better retire from basi-
ness. The town that viii not make
an effort, even though it cost some
thing, to obtain an advantage, will
never startle the world with its
achievements.
Citizens of Victoria are said to be
red hot with war spirit, and TO VOW
that they could lick us with pop
guns and pea shooters. Probably
they could in case such weapons We're
adopted, backed by feather busters
and pulu pillows; but in 177G and
1872 we used harsher weapons. In
case OF trouble We might do so again
even though our Victoria neighbors
would prefer pop guns and small
potatoes.
There Was an excellent pointer for
politicians, in 4 statement recently
made about a man in public life IL
the east who was asked if he did not
have to make many promises that
had to be broken. Not at ALL" said
he; Il never get into such snaps as
that Although I frequently take
men to the mountain top and show
them the earth, I never promise to
give it to themr' He was a smart
politician.
Tho ARGUS, as is well known, favors
an equality of political rights for the
sexes from principle, and will con-
tinue to do so regardless of whether
the law goes down or is re-enactcd.
Many are jubilant over the decision,
and many are sorry. Probably no
correct test Of public sentiment could
be obtained except by ballot. Judge
Kuhn, who was in the legislature and
voted for the bill, declines to be in.
terviewed, and says he is out OF pol
itics- He voted for it, however,
expecting it to be submitted to vote
as q separate article when our state
constitution should have been adopt
ed-and willing as matter Of fair
ness to let women vote upon the
proposition themselves after having
tried the experiment of being elec~
tors Mr. Bradshaw was also called
upon, and said he had seen nothing
to change his views on equal rights
He also answered some questions
which we will print tomorrow
Of course everybody is discussing
the decision of the supreme court 1t
does not touch the merits of the law,
being in effect that the same is void
in consequence OF a defective title.
The organic act requires that every
Law shall recite its object in its title,
while the woman suffrage law has a
caption proclaiming it merely an
amendment to certain sections of the
code. The bill will probably come
up for re- enactment at the next sess-
ion of the legislature; but the worst
feature is that it will be passed upon
by legislature whose views on the
question were not tested when they
were elected. During the last cam
paign Mr.. Bradshaw urged people
everywhere to be careful in their
selection OF legislative candidates,
and vote only for those who would
represent their sentiments on this
subject. Mr.. Voorhees,, however,
told the public that woman suffrage
was settled question, was Of no
earthly consequence and cut no
figure whatever in the election. 1t is
probably safe to say that a large
majority of tho electors voted for
legislative candidates in utter ignor-
anoe of their views on this matter.
Possibly the legislature may submit
the question to a vote of the peoplo:
bat the unfairness OF such a proceed
ing is manifest in the fact that under
: this supreme conrt decision, the law
having been set aside, women would
not be able to vote on the question
themselves.
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